Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining : A Framework for Collecting Site-Specific Sampling and Survey Data to Support Health-Impact Analyses (English)

Artisanal gold mining occurs informally and therefore relies on low technologies and extraction methods lacking pollution controls. As a result, despite the fact that artisanal gold mining produces only twenty percent of the world’s gold, it releases more mercury than any other sector and represents the largest source of mercury emissions. At various points during the gold mining process, mercury is released and emitted into the atmosphere during...

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Von Stackelberg,Katherine Ellen;

Williams,Pamela;

Enriquez,Santiago;

Serrano Cordova,Claudia;

Sanchez-Triana,Ernesto;
Document Date
2021/06/01
Document Type
Report
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163480
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1
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1
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World,
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Other,
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2021/08/31
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Disclosed
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Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining : A Framework for Collecting Site-Specific Sampling and Survey Data to Support Health-Impact Analyses

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Von Stackelberg,Katherine Ellen; Williams,Pamela; Enriquez,Santiago; Serrano Cordova,Claudia; Sanchez-Triana,Ernesto.

Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining : A Framework for Collecting Site-Specific Sampling and Survey Data to Support Health-Impact Analyses (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/555051630399785312

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